MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
